T.J. was now sitting in her room. She was lost in her own thoughts, thinking of the meeting with the others and of her life before she came here. Storm had brought her back up here and told her to wait. Wait for what? Mixed with the memories of her past were the thoughts of what Storm could possibly want to talk to her about.

She got up and moved to the window. She wanted to look outside. The fact of the matter was, she hadn't been outside since her first visit to the mansion, when she'd run out on Kurt or whatever his name was.

A knock interrupted her thoughts. She jumped slightly and turned.

"Come in." She said.

Storm opened the door, "I needed to talk to you and Kurt together." She said, "Can we come in?"

"Uh...sure." Said T.J., "I guess."

Storm nodded and moved inside. Kurt followed slowly behind. T.J. tried to avoid all eye contact with him.

"T.J., can I please see that necklace you wear?" Asked Storm.

"My necklace?" Asked T.J., "Why?" She compulsively clutched the necklace, which was under her shirt.

"I just want to see it." Said Storm, "You'll get it back, I promise."

"What does this have to do with him?" Asked T.J., gesturing toward Kurt, who she still refused to make eye contact with.

"T.J., please. I just want to see it. I promise you that you will get it back."

T.J. sighed and took off her necklace, hesitantly handing it to Storm.

"Kurt," Said Storm, "I need to see your cross."

Kurt took an involuntary step back, "Can I ask vhy?"

"Please?" Asked Storm.

Kurt removed the cross from his belt and handed it over to Storm. She took it and walked toward the door, keeping her back turned away from the other two.

"Can I ask what this is about?" Asked T.J. Her arms were crossed as she walked closer to Kurt and Storm.

Storm sighed and turned around, "When I asked both of you about these crosses, both of you said that they were one of a kind. That there were no others like them."

"I meant what I said." Said T.J., "There's nothing in the world that matches that necklace."

"Normally, I would believe you." Said Storm, "Except that this time..." She hesitated, looking back and forth at each of them, "Well...just take a look." She held the crosses out to them.

Both of them moved forward to look at the two silver crosses. T.J., like a regular teenager, sighed irritantly before moving forward. When she saw the other cross, however, she gasped.

"They're exactly the same!" She whispered. She reached forward and grabbed both of the crosses from Storm's hands, "How is that possible? My mom said this was one of a kind. That there was no other thing like my necklace."

Kurt was looking at the crosses over T.J.'s shoulder, "I've never seen anything like this." He said.

"When I saw T.J.'s necklace for the first time, I recognized it. I've been trying to find a way to get the two of you together so I could compare them just to make sure I was right."

"Vhy did you not tell me about this?" Asked Kurt.

"I don't know, Kurt. I really wanted to make sure they were the same before letting you know."

"So...what does this mean?" Asked T.J.

"I'm not sure." Said Storm, "I was hoping you two would come with me to see the Professor so we can find out."

"What exactly is the Professor going to do?" Asked T.J., "I mean, how is he going to help us find out what this means?"

"He's a powerful mutant, T.J." Said Storm, putting a comforting hand on the girl's shoulder, "He should be able to find out what kind of connection there is between these two peices of jewelry. If there is any. We might find out that I'm just being paranoid."

"He can find that out?" Asked T.J.

"Yes. Like I said, he's a very powerful mutant."

Kurt nodded, as if agreeing with the statement, "I vill go vith you to see the Professor." He said.

"Good." Said Storm, "What about you, T.J.?"

T.J. sighed, "What other choice do I have?"

"OK. Said Storm, "Let's go."

Oooh! T.J.'s getting one step closer to finding out who her dad is! Please R&R. Thanx!